A Reproducible Videogrammetric Methodology for Kinematic Reconstruction of Road Accidents from Uncalibrated Stationary Cameras with GUM-Based Uncertainty Evaluation
Uncalibrated surveillance recordings can support road-accident reconstruction, but uncertain geometry, undocumented frame timing, and occlusion constrain the interpretation. This study presents a reproducible workflow combining geometric correction, feature tracking, kinematic regression, and conditional uncertainty propagation. An anonymised car–motorcycle collision illustrates the distinction between numerical reproducibility and independent measurement validation. Under a nominal 15 fps time base, the motorcycle two-phase fit gives an initial speed of 111.2 km/h with an expanded conditional uncertainty of 3.0 km/h (k = 2). The early visible car segment has a mean regression slope of 47.9 km/h; its later motion is fitted separately because a uniform initial phase is not established. Synthetic experiments assess estimator errors, interval coverage, geometric sensitivity, and changes in uncertainty-source ranking under specified conditions. The stopping analysis remains a scenario conditional on reaction, braking, timing, and geometric assumptions, with extrapolation outside the motorcycle observation interval. Missing independent calibration checks and frame timestamps prevent an end-to-end accuracy claim. The contribution is a transparent workflow separating observations, assumed distributions, model sensitivity and unresolved systematic effects.
Authors
- Ivan Radoslavov Georgiev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-6557)
- Ivaylo Nikolaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-6657)
- Miroslav Kokalarov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-6946)
- Georgi Georgiev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5703-2597)
- Slavi G. Georgiev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-9603)
- Meglena D. Lazarova
Institutions
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
- Technical University of Sofia (BG)
- Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (BG)
- Todor Kableshkov University of Transport (BG)
- Angel Kanchev University of Ruse (BG)
- Varna Free University (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s26216868
- Primary Topic
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Regional Development Fund